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December - 2008

Slugging and Slicing
Sox Sign Bard and Penny
Travis Blackley is not Randy Johnson
Slicing Up Bob Howry
A Short Post on Salary Caps and Baseball
Can the Royals win the AL Central?
Who's Left?: Second and Third Basemen
Life After Pettitte
Giants sign Randy Johnson
Transactions Worth Mentioning: Taveras, Nelson, Burke
2008 Pitcher of the Year - Jorge Sosa
Heath Phillips f/x
Lima Time
Yankees sign Mark Teixeira; Billy Beane Rejoices
Who's Left? A Look at the Free Agent Market.
Fun in Frugality
Should the Padres Trade Adrian Gonzalez?
What's All the Fuss? Part 2
Comparing Offensive And Defensive Position Adjustments
BTB Signs Two
What's All the Fuss? Part 1
Teixeira's Projected Contract
Marginal Payroll
The JJ Putz Three-Way Trade
Signing a DH
Furcal Not Back to Atlanta
Just How Much of an Upgrade Are CC Sabathia and AJ Burnett?
Processes > Results
Winter Meetings Roundup
The Jays Off-Season Plans A.K.A Operation Rehab
Transactions Worth Mentioning: The Washington Nationals Edition
Wins, Wins, Wins!
Burnett to the Bronx
Ibanez to Philly
The Kerry Wood Signing
This Doesn't Even Make Sense (Pt. 2)
Fun With Math and Mariners
The Edwin Jackson/Matt Joyce Swap
O's Sign Cesar Izturis
Sabathia to New York for 160 Million? Lowe Next?
Mets to Sign K-Rod
This Doesn't Even Make Sense
Saber-Friendly Blogging 101: Pitching RAR
Anyone here?
Dodgers Sign Mark Loretta
Dodgers to Re-Sign Casey Blake?
Tigers Pass on Jack Wilson, Sign Adam Everett
Detroit Hooks Laird
Quick UZR/PMR Comparison
Introducing JustVORP
Homer Bailey for Jermaine Dye?
UZR Now on FanGraphs
Don't Sell Yourself Short, Jhonny
Transactions Worth Mentioning: Crabbe, Thorman, Cali
Is Khalil Greene Worth Trading For?
The Javier Vazquez Trade: Great for the Braves, Questionable for the White Sox
Giants Steal...err, Sign Bobby Howry
Six of Youth Worth Watching in 2009
BtB Community Hall of Fame Vote
Roundup of Moves
Welcome to Saber-Friendly Blogging 101
The History of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption
Astros Sign Mike Hampton
Ted Williams vs. Barry Bonds
2008 Catcher Block Percentage
2008 Defense Behind Pitchers By PMR
tRA Votes For The 2008 Cy Youngs

November - 2008

Creative Financing
Grammar Rant: Less vs. Fewer
Profiling Jason Giambi
Transactions Worth Mentioning: Littleton, Wing, Tazawa
Regarding Donald Veal
Thank You, BtB Readers
Do Not Sign Jon Garland
Marvin Miller and the How Free Agency Came to Baseball, Part II
Brewers Sign R.J. Swindle
2008 P Defense By PMR
Transactions Worth Mentioning: Larrison, Aquino, Sanches
The Best Base Stealers Since 1900
Marvin Miller and the How Free Agency Came to Baseball, Part I
BABIP and Player Styles
Is Jacoby Ellsbury the new Johnny Damon?
White Sox Make International Splash
Presented Without Comment
A's Sign Schroder, Cards Sign Miller/Ostlund
The Rays Should Trade Scott Kazmir
The History of the American and National League, Part II
Trade Analysis: Coco Crisp for Ramon Ramirez
Post-Previewing The AL MVP
Will We See Another 70 Homerun Hitter?
2008 C Defense By PMR
The History of the American and National League, Part I
Affeldt to San Fran
2008 1B Defense By PMR
Previewing The NL MVP
2008 LF Defense By PMR
Will We Ever See "H/AB = .400" Again?
In Case You Needed Proof That Defense Makes a Difference
Matt Kemp's 2008 Was Pretty Special
Yankees Should Sign Mark Teixeira
Reader Input: The Most Sabermetric NL Team Blogs
Yankees Bought Low on Nick Swisher
Cubs Acquire Gregg from Marlins for Jose Ceda
Lee Wins AL Cy Young
Managing the Direction
2008 RF Defense By PMR
Please Stop Abusing Matt Holliday's Road Stats
Reader Input: The Most Sabermetric AL Team Blogs
Mariano Rivera is Crazy Good
2008 3B Defense by PMR
The Best Defenses of the Last Five Years
Lincecum Wins NL Cy Young
2008 CF Defense By PMR
Surprise Surprise! Matt Holliday Traded to Oakland
Top Fifty Players Of 2008
Florida Trades Willingham, Olsen to Nationals
Greg Smith in Colorado is a Recipe for Disaster
Athletics Acquire Matt Holliday
Valuing The Mid-Range Free Agent Hitters
2008 2B Defense By PMR
Profiling Pedro Martinez
Valuing The Free Agent Starters
F.A.T.: Hitters
F.A.T.: Fielders
2008 SS Defense by PMR
Marcel Projects The 2009 Leader Boards
F.A.T.: LOOGYs
Best Designated Hitters Of 2008
Furcal + Oakland = ???
2008 Team Defense by PMR
Best Right Fielders Of 2008
Evaluating a Jake Peavy Trade
The Ricciardi Wire
Valuing The Free Agent Hitters
Best Shortstops of 2008
An Interview with Dean Taylor (Part Two of Two)
Giants Sign Josh Phelps, Wait, What?
2008 Team Reviews: Philadelphia Phillies
An Interview with Dean Taylor (Part One of Two)
An All-Hit, No-Field, Off-Season Experiment
Beyond The Boxscore Community Guidelines
Athletics Claim Joe Dillon
Someone Needs to Save (The) O'Day
All 30 Starting Rotations, Slots 1 Through 5

October - 2008

The Fielding Bible Awards
The Scariest Baseball Player...Ever
Best Third Basemen Of 2008
FIP+: American League East
Mike Jacobs Traded for Leo Nunez
Absolutely Awful Managing
The Day The Sun Doesn't Rise
Best Left Fielders of 2008
FIP+: American League Central
Best Catchers of 2008
What Would You Do?
MLB Needs Robots to Call Strikes/Balls
Assessing the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays Bullpen
FIP+: American League West
FIP+: National League East
Best First Basemen of 2008
M's Hire Zduriencik
FIP+: National League Central
World Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Philadelphia Phillies
Best Second Basemen of 2008
Requiem for Mark Ellis
FIP+: National League West
Speaking of Signing Ellis
Sign Mark Ellis!
Buy Low Candidate: Jonny Gomes
Just how improbable was that Red Sox comeback?
Who's Responsible for the Success of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays?
FIP+ Coming Sooner Than Expected
Best Center Fielders of 2008
Random Idea: FIP+
SBN Awards: Rookie of the Year Preface
Will the Cincinnati Reds be the Surprise of 2009?
Reminder: Carlos Beltran's 2004 Post-Season Was Bananas
tRA Quiz Time
StatCorner Relaunch, Minor League tRA Available
35% Chance for the Rays, 5% for the Dodgers
SBN Awards: Manager(s) of the Year
ALCS Preview: Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
NLCS Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers against the Philadelphia Phillies
What in the World Happened to Delmon Young?
The ALCS is a Sabermetrician's Wet Dream
Quiz: Who Was More Productive In 2008?
The Angels, Defense, and Clutch Hitting
SBN Awards: Manager of the Year Preface
The Chicago Cubs Season is Over, What's Next?
Update on the M's General Manager Search
Daniel Cabrera: Not Improving
Playoffs Day 2 Open Thread
NLDS Day One Thread
NLDS Game One: MIL @ PHI
Albert Pujols Approved By You As 2008 NL MVP
Playoff Predictions Thread

September - 2008

Approval Voting And The AL MVP
The BBWAA Consists of the Foremost Expert Analysts
The First Silly Contract of the Off-Season; Cardinals Re-Sign Kyle Lohse
CC Sabathia's Performance Has Been Historically Good
How At-Bats Unfold
Approval Voting And The NL MVP
Cutting Bases: The Yankees Will Never Learn, Albert Pujols, & the SBN Awards
What If The Twins Still Had Johan Santana?
Are Pat Burrell and Adam Dunn Worth the Contracts?
The Eight Most Underrated Superstars
Brad Lidge Is Having A Heck Of A Season
David Price's First Start PitchFx Extravaganza
Who's To Blame For The 2008 Yankees?
Underrated Seasons From Players Your Friends Haven't Heard Of
Jeff Francoeur's Awful Season
Cutting Bases: A.J. Burnett, Erik Bedard, and Ben Sheets
Need Relief?
Inside GM's Inboxes
A Mini-Rant on Lincecum
Remember Them?
The Big NL MVP Post
RBIs For Fielders
Bill James and the Cy Young Awards
Of Twins and RISP
Introducing David Price
The Success of the Angels: Luck or Skill?
Bring Knuckles & Baek
What If RBIs Were An Accurate Stat?
Is Rich Harden Hurt, Again?
In Canada Downs is Actually Up
The Value of Fouls
All Those In Favor Of Carlos Delgado As NL MVP, Please Shut Up
Cliff Lee's Cy Young Campaign Isn't Playing Fair
Fun With Standings
Willy Taveras Does One Thing Well
Change is Everywhere
Fun With Justin's Stats
Finding The Next Victor Zambrano
Some Lose Their Hearts in San Francisco, Others Lose Their Minds
Mariner Fans Are Apathetic Towards Brandon Morrow
Halladay is Really, Really Good
Champs of the Past, Finale
Carlos Needs Love Too
Time Crunch
The Worst Season of Francisco Rodriguez's Career
Six Armed Machine
Scott Kazmir Examined
Fun Fact About Paul Byrd
Sabathia vs Nolasco
The Bad and The Employed

August - 2008

Same Name, Different Game
The Best Pitcher in the International League You've Never Heard of
Standing Room Only
Champs of the Recent Past (3 of 5)
Justin Upton Must Love Arizona
BaseRuns & Projections
What Did I Just Do?
Will The "Joba Rules" Apply Next Year?
The Other Side is a Good Story Too
The Pinnacle of Rivalry
Gotta Eat
What's Wrong With Clay Buchholz?
Champs of the Recent Past (2 of 5)
Is Gavin Floyd Actually Due For Regression?
More Moyer
Are The Yankees Done?
The New Nolasco
I Love This Stuff
One Last Time
Again, Why?
Why?
Champs of the Recent Past (1 of 5)
New Site That Owns
Insert Bad Puns about Byrd and Garcia
What Arizona Has Dunn
Are the Padres the Next A's?
ALwful on the Road
Eight Prospects to Watch
When Vet Relievers Change Teams
King Felix Throws Hard
The David Price Quandary
Jon Lester: The Best Pitcher in the American League?
Is Andruw Still Glovely?
Barry Bonds is Amazing: Take 3,940
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers, Part II
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers, Part I

July - 2008

The Dodgers and Dollars
Yankees Make a Pair of Moves
Teixeira Trade a Mistake for Angels
Shapiro's Weekend Deals
Pirate's Booty: Pittsburgh's Return For Nady/Marte
X Marks the Spot: Evaluating Xavier Nady
A New Twist to Olympic "Baseball"
John Buck
Not Your Average Joe (Blanton)
Rauch for Bonifacio?
Randy Wolf to Houston
Rosterbating with the Pirates
The New Matt Garza
Attempting to Evaluate True Team Talent
Short Post of the Day: Hackiness
The Emergence of Mike Pelfrey?
Second to None: The First Half of Ian Kinsler
Derby Curse? Nah
The Need for Speed
The Emergence of John Danks
Why The Harden Deal Was Good For Oakland
So About that Harden Trade
Still Fishing
End Myth Now
Has Johan Santana Gotten Worse?
Unnatural
Reid Brignac Promoted
A Deal for Fuentes is a Deal for Humanity, or Something
Evaluating Strength of Schedule: Rays, Red Sox, Yankees
Spit Fumes

June - 2008

Fun With Numbers: Brett Gardner = Jacoby Ellsbury?
Vizquel < Father Time
Daydreaming: Beane in Beantown
Do Relievers Really Throw Harder?
Do Fast Players Get More Hits On Balls In Play?
A Short Post on Mike Aviles
What Do Freedom Fighters Fight?
Dukes of Mischief
Ad/Plug Post of the Month
Buried Treasure: The Pirates Offense
Clutch is Random: Take 322
Home Sweet Home
Faux French Chum
Safe Company
Griffey Jr. Makes Absolutely No Sense for the Rays
Why The Indians Shouldn't Trade CC Sabathia
Buy Oswalt
Barry Bonds is Better than the Best
Griffey's In, Who Else?
Inside the White Sox's Turnaround
Damon is Bizzaro
How Good is B.J. Upton? Very.
Small colleges in the draft
Who's #1?
Indians are still contenders in the AL Central
Who's Hacking, Who's Not
What's wrong with Nick Swisher?
Ned Yost May or May Not Like Ben Sheets

May - 2008

Frugal =/= Parsimonious
National League domination
Padres Acquire Cha Seung Baek
Delmon Young is becoming more patient
What's Bugging Carl Crawford?
Josh Beckett's problems with runners on base
Why wasn't Jay Bruce called up sooner?
Eric Chavez' Contract is Interesting
Don't Call Him a Doctor
Draft Sleeper: Scott Rembisz
What? Wait, No.
Joba's a Starter, Now What?
An Examination of Early-Season Schedules: Cubs, Cardinals, Brewers
Toothless Tigers: The Missing O in Detr_it
Q&A With Kiley McDaniel of Saber-Scouting
Edinson Volquez' ERA Cannot Last
What's Wrong With Garza/Delmon?
Draft Sleepers: Josh Satin
A Look at Luck: Scott Olsen, Robinson Cano, Justin Upton, Tigers pitching, and more
Jason Isringhausen's Year Just Got a Little Worse
Dear Bill Bavasi,
Is Any Record Unbreakable?
This is Pretty Cool
Self Whoring Post
A Nibble Here, A Nibble There
The Demise of Travis Hafner Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Posey v. Beckham
Chris Perez Could Close in St. Louis
Matt LaPorta: The Next Ryan Braun?
Baseball's Next Superstar: Chris Young
Gavin Floyd's Emergence
A Decade and A Dozen DL Trips Ago
This Isn't FJM, But...
Mike Lowell Breaks Through; Gets First RBI
BTB Notebook 5/5/08
A's and B's of the A's
When ERA Is Misleading: Chad Billingsley
Julio Franco Retires
Cliff Lee = Cy Young?
Daily Roundup 5/2/08

April - 2008

Ryan Zimmerman's bad luck
Daily Roundup 4/30/08
Is Jonathan Sanchez for real?
Zito to the Bullpen
Walk, Walk, Walk Again
Daily Roundup 4/28/08
Under the Radar Moves
Rays vs Jays
A Strike Is a Strike, Right?
Reds Fire Krivsky
Daily Roundup 4/23/08
Ortiz Isn't Done Quite Yet
Daily Roundup 4/22/08
Update about CC Sabathia
Evaluating Andy Sonnanstine
BTB Notebook 4/21
Daily Roundup 4/21/08
Who Needs a DH?
Daily Roundup 4/20/08
Street on Fire
Daily Roundup 4/19/08
Daily Roundup 4/18/08
What's wrong with CC Sabathia?
Miguel Tejada 33, not 31
Daily Roundup 4/17/08
April 16 is Wolf Day
Daily Roundup 4/16/08
Daily Roundup 4/15/08
Fact or Fluke?
Daily Roundup 4/14/08
On Edwin Jackson
Daily Roundup 4/13/08
Probables: Grady Sizemore
Daily Roundup 4/12/08
Daily Roundup 4/11/08
What Could've Been...
Daily Roundup 4/10/08
Redhawks vs. Giants
Daily Roundup 4/9/08
The Importance of Strike One: Fausto Carmona
Daily Roundup 4/8/08
Daily Roundup 4/7/08
This is Certainly Interesting
Daily Roundup 4/6/08
Junior's Twilight
Turning Two - D'backs & Royals
Framing the Debate
Daily Roundup 4/5/08
Daily Roundup 4/4/08
No No on No Noes
Daily Roundup 4/3/08
Hello Again, Or How I Learned That Senioritis Clears Time for Blogging
Daily Roundup 4/2/08
Three Short Reasons Why Nolan Ryan is Overrated
Daily Roundup

March - 2008

All Playoff Chances Are Still Alive
Daily Roundup
Oh. My. Goodness.
500 Minor League Innings = Major League Success?
Daily Link Roundup
Joe Maddon is Equal to Mike Scioscia
Daily Link Roundup
Daily Link Roundup
Catcher's Block Percentage: With or Without You
Turnbow's ERA: Victim of "Clutch"?
Better Than WHIP?
Daily Link Roundup
Callix Crabbe is Making Me Proud
Lame Pun: If Carl Ever Had to Crawl Forward
Daily Link Roundup
Daily Link Roundup
100 Words: Barry Zito
More Pitch Data Goodness
Too Good Not To Post
Daily Link Roundup
Trying to Put a Number on Outfield Speed
Team Previews: Short, Bad NL Team Version
Daily Link Roundup
Daily Link Roundup
MINER Projections
Daily Link Roundup
Team Previews: Wrapping Up the NL East
Five Questions with Greener on the Other Side
100 Words: Why Do Top Prospects Fail?
Daily Link Roundup
Daily Link Roundup
Bill James: David Ortiz Shift Doesn't Work
Daily Link Roundup
Daily Link Roundup
Daily Link Roundup
Team Preview: St. Louis Cardinals
Daily Link Roundup
How Much Money Does Kazmir Mean to the Rays?
A Few Links
100 Words: Most Underrated Player
Noah Lowry Might Have Control Issues
Small Sample Size for a Small Issue
Equality =/= Quality
100 Words: Mike Piazza
Notable Spring Training Results

February - 2008

Team Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers
Team Preview: Milwaukee Brewers
Lost Without an Oar (A.K.A. Bonds' Bat)
ERA+ and OPS+
BABIP and Such
Team Preview: Atlanta Braves
How Bad Can This Get?
Prevent a Crime, Dog
Ranting About Stats
Team Preview: Chicago Cubs
Positional Preview: Designated Hitter
Please, Stop.
Clemens vs. Maddux
Positional Preview: Outfield
Rain Delays Suck
Team Preview: San Diego Padres
Team Preview: Boston Red Sox
Positional Preview: Third Base
Getting Tossed =/= Winning Games
Team Preview: Philadelphia Phillies

January - 2008

Johan Santana Top Ten
Positional Preview: Shortstop
Team Preview: Colorado Rockies
Beyond Links
Positional Preview: Second Base
Team Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks
Positional Preview: First Base
Positional Preview: Catcher
Catching Up
Hey, I Know That Guy!
Is Prospecting Improving?
New BTB Coming Soon
Another Athletic Dealt
The Divison That Never Sleeps
Carlos Zambrano Redux
Should the Cubs Pursue Brian Roberts?
A Pair of Geese
Clement, Not Clemens
An Interview with Paul DePodesta
A Look At Oakland's Rejuvenated Farm System
Apparently Billy Beane's **** Works on the Phones

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